Initiatives:Mental Health Strategy for Canada

The Mental Health Strategy for Canada

Changing Directions, Changing Lives, released in May 2012, is the first mental health strategy for Canada. It aims to help improve the mental health and well-being of all people living in Canada, and to create a mental health system that can truly meet the needs of people living with mental health problems and illnesses and their families.

Canadian Recovery Inventory

The Mental Health Strategy for Canada identifies recovery as central to improving health outcomes and quality of life for people living with mental health problems or mental illnesses. Stakeholders from across Canada identified the need for a national recovery database that would facilitate better knowledge sharing and help accelerate the adoption of recovery-oriented practices. To meet this need, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has developed the Canadian Recovery Inventory (the Inventory). It will make available a broad range of recovery-oriented policies, programs, practices, and research, as well as personal accounts. It will allow users to search by keyword, resource type, topic, geographic location, and language to find resources relevant to their needs and interests.

Videos

Myra Piat talks about the Mental Health Strategy for Canada

Myra Piat talks about the Mental Health Strategy for Canada

Myra Piat, a researcher with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montréal, participated in the creation of Mental Health Strategy for Canada and continues to use it to inform her work. Released May 8, 2012, the Strategy is a blueprint for change that envisions a mental health system able to meet the needs of all Canadians.